{"id":323769,"date":"2025-12-04T00:35:12","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T00:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/323769\/"},"modified":"2025-12-04T00:35:12","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T00:35:12","slug":"alberta-man-wanted-for-threatening-harassing-women-on-dating-apps-edmonton-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/323769\/","title":{"rendered":"Alberta man wanted for threatening, harassing women on dating apps: Edmonton police"},"content":{"rendered":"

An Edmonton man who has been previously accused of engaging in harassing, threatening behaviour towards women he matched with on online dating<\/a> apps and sites in Calgary has allegedly done the same thing in Edmonton, where police have issued an arrest warrant.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

The 36-year-old man, who is on probation, is known to harass and threaten women he meets on dating and escort sites, Edmonton police said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The behaviour has allegedly been going on for years in Edmonton and Calgary.<\/p>\n

Back in 2022, Edmonton police received a complaint from a woman who had matched with a man on Tinder.<\/p>\n

The pair exchanged phone numbers, after which police said he began harassing and berating her.<\/p>\n

When she blocked his number, he reportedly used several other phone numbers to continue the harassment and threats.<\/p>\n

Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n

Police said the harassment stopped for a few years before resuming this year when the accused found the victim on an escort website, LeoList, where he began messaging her again under a pseudonym.<\/p>\n

The accused reportedly arranged a date with the woman using a fake name and photo to avoid being recognized.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\"Matthew<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\tMatthew Edward Williams, 36, who also goes by the name Matthew Galpin, is wanted for uttering threats to cause bodily harm and criminal harassment in Edmonton.\t\t\t\t <\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\tEdmonton Police Service\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

When the woman refused to continue the date, he allegedly progressed to threatening her.\u00a0Last month, Edmonton police obtained warrants for the man.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\"For<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\tGet breaking National news<\/p>\n

For news impacting Canada and around the world, sign up for breaking news alerts delivered directly to you when they happen.<\/p>\n

Matthew Edward Williams, 36, who also goes by the name Matthew Galpin, is wanted for uttering threats to cause death and\/or bodily harm and criminal harassment stemming from an incident on Nov. 10.<\/p>\n

He is described as being five feet nine inches tall, approximately 180 pounds, with light brown hair and blue eyes.<\/p>\n

Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n

The EPS said it was issuing a warning in the interest of public safety, as investigators believe the accused is targeting women on dating apps and women who advertise as sex workers on escort sites.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0 accused is known to use fake names and photos, police said.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\"Click<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2:38
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u2018Someone\u2019s been stalking me for almost 3 years\u2019: Calgary online harassment case thrown out by Crown\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

Williams is already\u00a0bound by two release orders for uttering threats and assault in similar investigations out of Calgary and B.C.<\/p>\n

In 2023, the Calgary Police Service issued a near-identical warning about Williams<\/a>.<\/p>\n

According to the CPS, in May of 2023 three women filed complaints about receiving messages threatening violence from a man they met on dating site.<\/p>\n

\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\"\/<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\tA ring with an extra carrot ends decades-long mystery for Alberta couple\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n

\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\"\"\/<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\tEpstein files: Never-before-seen photos, video of private island released by House Democrats\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n

The first woman said she met and interacted with a man online. When she didn\u2019t respond for several hours, the man allegedly threatened physical harm in a text message. She then blocked his number, but received more threatening text messages from two other numbers.<\/p>\n

Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n

The second woman said she met a man on a dating site and later met him in person. She later received threatening text messages from him, allegedly saying he would break into her home and harm her.<\/p>\n

The third woman told police she allegedly received similar threatening messages from a man with the same description who she met on a dating site.<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\tAccording to the CPS, three women have come forward to police since early May this year, reporting that they have received messages threatening violence from a man they met on a dating site.\t\t\t\t <\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\tCalgary Police Service\/Provided\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

At that time, Calgary police also laid three charges of uttering threats against Williams.<\/p>\n

Court records show in 2023 he ended up being charged with multiple counts of issuing death threats and threats of bodily harm, along with criminal harassment, stalking and mischief.<\/p>\n

All of the charges were laid in Calgary, Alberta justice confirmed on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Several of the charges were withdrawn on March 5, 2025, when Williams was sentenced to two years of probation and issued a firearms ban after being found guilty of mischief committed on May 2, 2023 and death threats on May 8, 2023.<\/p>\n

Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n

On that same day, he also pleaded guilty to another charge of threats to cause death\/bodily harm.<\/p>\n

Edmonton police believe there may be other complainants in the region and are encouraging them to come forward by contacting EPS at 780-423-4567 or #377 from a mobile phone.<\/p>\n

Anyone with information about Williams\u2019 whereabouts is asked to contact police.<\/p>\n

\u2013with files from Paula Tran<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tMore on Crime
\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n

\n\t\t&copy 2025 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An Edmonton man who has been previously accused of engaging in harassing, threatening behaviour towards women he matched…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":323770,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[49,48,2169,17442,143273,143274,143275,44,27608,122514],"class_list":["post-323769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-crime","tag-edmonton-crime","tag-leolist","tag-matthew-edward-williams","tag-matthew-williams","tag-news","tag-online-dating","tag-tinder"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=323769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323769\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/323770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=323769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=323769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=323769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}